Precious

Susan McConnell is the only junior in an english class full of seniors. Among the students, there is David Ruggles, Mark Kinney, Jeff Garrett, and Betsy Cline. David is the president of the senior class, Jeff is the tallest guy on the basketball team, Betsy is the head cheerleader, and Mark is Jeff’s best friend, and very mysterious. All of them aren’t very fond of their teacher, Mr. Griffin. Mark, Jeff, and Betsy hatch a plan to scare Mr. Griffin into going easier on them and giving better grades, so they don’t fail his class. They get Dave in, and Dave convinces Sue to join, to be the decoy. Their plan doesn’t go as aimed and Mr. Griffin is found dead by Sue and Dave. Mark comes up with a scheme to hide the body in the mountains and get rid of the car, while Sue thinks they should tell someone. Mark gets her to calm down and convinces her to stay quiet.

Claireece “Precious” Jones has been abused by the Department of Education. An evident example of this is when Precious speaks of her education history in the beginning of the novel: “I had got left back in the second grade, when I was seven, ‘cause I couldn’t read […] I should be in the eleventh grade, getting ready to go into the twelf’ grade so I can be gone ‘n graduate. But I’m not. I’m in the ninfe grade.

The moment when the brothers meet Carrie Davis, is one that leads to many triumphs. She serves not only as their job coach, but also as their friend and mentor. She teaches them about many things such as; using a telephone, knocking and waiting to be invited in, and ultimately that a good friend can get you through anything. Watching this movie in the mindset of an ELL teacher it helps me to envision what my students might face.

Precious is faced with individual and institutional obstacles/challenges. Unfortunately, Precious deals with the ramifications of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. The abused she faced as a child led to illiteracy, H.I.V and low self-confidence. Eventually, Precious becomes homeless because she could no longer stand her hostile environment, and needed to get away from her mother. She now lives in a halfway house.

would like to portray. Ms. Rain becomes more than a teacher to Precious. She represents the mother figure she so desperately wants to have, the sophisticated women she strives to become, and someone she can count on for once in her life. Ms. Rain responded to Precious’ low self-esteem by empowering her through learning. She taught her how to socialize with others by creating a classroom environment that required it. Ms. Rain becomes a trustworthy confidant through the journal writings which allow Precious to start to come to terms with the things that have to her. Ms. Rain becomes a protector for precious, she helps her when she has nowhere to go and protects her from having to go back to her abusive mother.

The movie Precious, is drama-based film that tells the story of a 16-year-old girl named Claireece Jones (Precious). Unfortunately, she is struggling with her family, the school system and with her own internal emotions. Her mother despises her due to Precious having two kids from her father. She was kicked out of her high school had to go to an alternative school to get her GED. Precious also is struggling with her internal emotions and capabilities, she has been raped, verbally and physically abused. Some of the main characters that influenced Precious’s life are Miss. Rain, her English teacher at the alternative school and her mother Mary.

The opening of the film starts somewhat differently. It is outside and dark though two outside lamps are lit, the

After getting her GED, Precious received a Literacy Award and a check for progress from the Mayor’s office. Precious gained self-respect with the help of Ms. Rain and the other girls. After Precious found out she was HIV positive, she felt unloved, “Your babies love you, and I love you!” Ms. Rain told her. At the end of the movie, Mary, The Social Worker Mrs. Weiss and Precious all sat down to talk because Mary wanted her daughter and grandchildren back.

The girls already poor writing ability eventually leads the teacher give up and claim that the girl is just stupid. The teacher starts giving the girl special worksheets and slowly these sheets pull the girl farther and farther behind her classmates. The school eventually tells her parents that they should allow their daughter to enter a special program for people of similar mental ability. The girl is lucky that same stubborn streak that got her into trouble came from her parents, who fought and clawed until eventually, the school allowed for her to be tested. That test proved she was intelligent and deserved her spot in her

Angela is pristinely dressed in a white blouse which is meticulously tucked in and her hair is in an effortless bun. There are no flyaways and she is perfectly calm. She has showy diamond earrings and a necklace made from gold. Angela stands straight and holds her head high as she walks through the entrance of her new school. She asks a student where Room 854 is, which is her first class. The student replies, “You go up the stairs and to the right.” Angela then leaves without even saying thank you. She finds her class and struts in as if she already ruled the school. She finds a seat near the front and ignores everyone that says hi to her. When the teacher asks everyone to say a fun fact about themselves Anglea replies, “I or my nanny cook

I get up, and yawn I knew I had school today so I stumble to my feet. I knew my mother would be really mad at me. I run down the stairs as Nathan yells food is done. i beat my brother and my sister down the stairs because i knew they wouldn't save any food for me. as i ran down the steps i yelled through the door what we having…… i looked it was oatmeal with ham i stopped dead in my tracks i knew this was going to be nasty. i told Nathan i didn't want any he said oh you have to have some. i pout and say no thanks i hate oatmeal it's horse food. she picked me up and sat me on the chair. Nathan said you will not leave until all the food is gone off your plate my face gets red i always would like to think i was Tinkerbell off of peter pan cause

The storyline of the movie takes place between 1992-1995. Beginning with scenes from the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Hilary Swank plays the role of Erin Gruwell, a new, excited schoolteacher who leaves the safety of her hometown, Newport Beach, to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, a formerly high achieving school which has recently had an integration program put in place. Her enthusiasm is quickly challenged when she realizes that her classes are all "at-risk" students, also known as "un-teachable", and not the eager students she was expecting. The students segregate themselves into racial groups in the classroom, fights break out, and eventually most

Eventually Precious starts asking herself questions like this, like when she reevaluated her dislike of gay people focusing on the type of people Jermaine and Ms. Rain were instead of regurgitating what her mother

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks. One night she decided to go for a walk through the forest. A few moments after entering the forest, she finds a beautiful 2 story house with a white fence around it. As she enters through the gate, she notices a sign saying “DO NOT ENTER,” but, she walks in anyways thinking it was for Halloween because it’s right around the corner. As she walked up the porch stairs, she noticed the lights in the dining room were on. So, she slowly and carefully knocked on the door, but no one answered. So, she just walked in. After walking in she finds 3 bowls of soup sitting on the table in the dining room. When seeing the bowls of soup her stomach starts

The emotional parents hugged and kissed their children goodbye, with tears surfacing at the rims of their eyes. Four weeks was an extensive time for them to not see their children. Of course the children, who were all in their early teen years, were embarrassed by their parents behavior. 14 year olds Elodie and Bentley were inseparable. They both got invited to the summer program of Perry Mansfield, which is a performing arts camp in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Elodie and Bentley have been best friends ever since they were five. They started together in their very first ballet class, and have been best friends ever since. The girls got all checked in, and the the only thing they had to do was go to the nurses station to turn in their medication. Elodie has a severe sleepwalking disorder, and has to take medication to prevent it from happening. They got their medication turned in and walked back to the check in stand. “Welcome to the 100th year anniversary of Perry Mansfield!” Naomi, the lead counselor, said, “Say your final goodbyes to your parents, it’s time for me to show you to your cabin!” Naomi was always a very radiant and energetic soul. She walked the girls through the thick musky woods to their cabin. All ten of the girls who were attending the program stayed in the same cabin. The name of their cabin was “Ranch”. The girls arrived at the old run down cabin and had faces filled with repugnance as they looked at the cabin. “Now now girls. Let me tell you about the